The situation of the energy sector in Tunisia is going from bad to worse. For several years now, tensions have never completely ceased: sit-ins, protests, production interruptions, blockades of communication channels. The sector is now in a very risky situation. The figures at half-mast support this observation…

The Department of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition recently sounded the alarm on the energy situation which is becoming increasingly"...

(TAP)- Sit-ins in various phosphate production and marketing chains in Redeyef will be immediately suspended for a period of three months under an agreement reached at a working session held Tuesday in the city.

It was also decided that the current government recognises the agreements on employment, training and development issues in the Gafsa and Redeyef regions, reached with previous governments.

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TAP) - The ministerial meeting scheduled for today, July 29, 2020, in the governorate of Tataouine, to end the sit-in of El Kamour, has been postponed to after Aid El Idha, Minister of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition, Mongi Marzouk told TAP on Wednesday.

It was planned, according to the minister, to present, during a visit to Tataouine, a roadmap concerning employment"...

(TAP) - Minister of Environment Chokri Ben Hassen called, on Monday, the 13 municipalities under the governorate of Ben Arous (southern suburb of Tunis) to assume their full responsibility in the treatment and management of waste after the planned closure, in early 2021, of the Borj Chakir landfill, the largest household waste dump in all of Tunisia'.

During a working"...

TUNIS - UPC Renewables (UPC) and the Climate Fund Managers (CFM) have partnered to develop a 30 megawatt wind farm in Sidi Mansour, Tunisia that will help the country meet its 30% renewable energy target by 2030.

Tunisia announced the launch of its solar energy plan in 2016, aiming to increase the role of renewables in its electricity generation mix ten-fold to 30%,

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TAP) – Caretaker Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh received on Tuesday at the Government Palace in Kasbah, a delegation of the 'OMV' company, one of the largest Austrian companies specialising in the production and marketing of oil, gas and energy, and which has a license from the Ministry of Industry, to exploit the Nawara field.

In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Prime Ministry, Fakhfakh said that work on the Nawara development"...

(TAP) - Phosphate production resumed on Monday at all the Gafsa Phosphate Company (CPG) extraction and production sites in Metlaoui, following the lifting of sit-ins.

This decision was made after a meeting held at the delegation of Metlaoui seat (Gafsa governorate) between sit-inners and representatives of the Local Labour Union, in the presence of a deputy of the region,"...

TAP) - By combining energy efficiency improvements with the transition away from super-polluting refrigerants, the world could avoid cumulative greenhouse gas emissions of up to 210-460 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) over the next four decades, depending on future rates of decarbonisation. This is roughly equal to 4-8 years of total annual global greenhouse gas emissions, based on 2018 levels, a report entitled “Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report: Benefits of cooling efficiency and the Kigali"...

(TAP) – The Energy, Mines and Energy Transition Ministry warned on Friday against the seriousness of the situation of the Gafsa Phosphate Company (CPG) and its almost blocked production in July due to social sit-ins and protests.

In a press release issued on Thursday, the ministry called on social partners to acknowledge the seriousness of the situation,

ROME - The Tunisian electricity and gas company STEG has signed a cooperation agreement with the French Qair, formerly known as Quadran International, for the building of a floating solar power plant in the Les Berges du Lac area of the capital. The announcement was made by STEG in a press release that noted that the plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2021 and will have a 200 KW capacity. The project will be funded by the Private Sector Study and Aid Fund (FASEP) as part of an invitation to submit projects"...